We are excited to announce an upcoming two-day online webinar, “GPU Porting for HPC: Opportunities, Tools and Libraries,” organised by HLRS in cooperation with HiDALGO2, EXCELLERAT P2, and Plasma-PEPSC under the umbrella of the High-Performance GPU Alliance.
As High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments increasingly lean on GPU acceleration to tackle complex scientific and engineering challenges, understanding how to effectively port and optimise your code is crucial. This two-day online workshop is designed to help participants assess where GPU acceleration can benefit their applications and guide them through the first steps in adapting scientific and engineering codes.
Event Details
- Date: November 5–6, 2026
- Location: Online (Hosted by HLRS)
- Cost: Free of charge
- Eligibility: Participation is limited to individuals affiliated with institutions located in EU Member States or other EuroHPC JU participating countries. (Please consult the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking website for the full list of eligible countries.)
Agenda & Programme
(Preliminary programme. Friday’s sessions and practical formats are to be confirmed.)
Thursday, 5 November
- 09:00 – Welcome
- 09:05 – 12:00(including breaks) – Introduction to GPU Programming: Opportunities and Challenges(HLRS)
- Differences between CPU and GPU
- GPU Architecture and Consequences
- Programming models
- Summary & Discussion
- 13:00 – 16:00(including breaks) – The alpaka Library: Task-Parallel Kernel Execution on Heterogeneous Hardware(PLASMA-PEPSC)
- Introduction
- Getting
alpaka& project setup - Basic concepts
- Break
- First kernel
- Higher-level algorithms & helpers
- Summary, Discussion & Q&A
Friday, 6 November
- Friday’s sessions and practical format to be confirmed.
Instructors
Learn directly from HPC and GPU acceleration experts across European research organisations:
- Tobias Haas (HLRS)
- Tapish Narwal (HZDR / CASUS)
- Zoltán Horváth (Széchenyi István University)
- Tim Wegmann (RWTH Aachen University)
Registration & Contact
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.
👉 [Registration Link Coming Soon – Stay Tuned!](A direct registration link will be posted here as soon as it opens.)
Event Contacts:
- Abdullatif Eymash
- Lucienne Dettki (Phone: +49 711 685 63894)
Acknowledgements
This course is supported by EuroCC 3 and organised in cooperation with EXCELLERAT P2, HiDALGO2, and Plasma-PEPSC.
We gratefully acknowledge the funding supporting these projects:
- EuroCC 3: European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) grant agreement No. 101306701, supported by the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme and contributions from participating countries.
- EXCELLERAT P2: EuroHPC JU grant agreement No. 101092621, with funding from the European Union and Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and France.
- HiDALGO2: EuroHPC JU grant agreement No. 101093457, co-funded by the European Union and Poland, Germany, Spain, Hungary, and France.
- Plasma-PEPSC: European Union funding through grant agreement No. 101093261.